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My Tivo is freezing sooften that I have almost quite using it to record. I now only record on one channel (46). My TV is now randomly changing from whatever channel I leave it on back to channel 46, which then causes the Tivo to freeze up. I do not subscribe toTivo Plus. Why are the channel changes occurring and how can I stop them?

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I'm new back in may I order a rstx20. off ebay in July. i got around to hooking it up. I hooked it up to my dishnet work sat. During setup Tivo askeed you a bunch oof questions. like what reciver are you useing. first i tried dish net work then i found out from dish to click on echostar. I'm able to go to liive tv . as i'm changing the channels useing the tivo remote it tells you what is on some channels you can see live pics others you cant it might say you need to subscribe to this channel in the back ground. but when i use the sat remote and change the channeel directly . i'm able to see the picture. why is that ?
I didnt know that basic you don't get any fancy features. my mom got hers years ago with life time then hers died she still h as life time. before tivo did away with it. i should have did my research life timeplus i don't always think they called it life time plus. how can i make my machine life time plus without having to spend more money on subscrits service

Hi all I don't know where or how to post this, I was trying to post a new thread, but all I see is the option of a quick reply.
I have and love the RS-TX60 , Recently however the CLOSED CAPTIONING
has not been working.
have any of you experienced this?, and is there a fix for it?
Thanks in advance
Pat

Hi all I don't know where or how to post this, I was trying to post a new thread, but all I see is the option of a quick reply.
I have and love the RS-TX60 , Recently however the CLOSED CAPTIONING
has not been working.
have any of you experienced this?, and is there a fix for it?
Thanks in advance
Pat

Well I don't have the RS-TX60 but my Humax DRT800 does experience this. Since the hardware is nearly identical, I assume the software has much of the same code.

Here's what I've found. My closes captioning on my TV is always on. Sometimes, after I watch a DVD with this unit the captioning disappears on return to regular TiVo operation. If I return back to DVD, then back to TiVo captioning reappears. Weird, but true.....

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My Tivo is freezing sooften that I have almost quite using it to record. I now only record on one channel (46). My TV is now randomly changing from whatever channel I leave it on back to channel 46, which then causes the Tivo to freeze up. I do not subscribe toTivo Plus. Why are the channel changes occurring and how can I stop them?

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Sorry to take so long to reply, I was hoping someone else would step up with some actual knowledge. So you are stuck with me.

I am not exactly sure that I understand what the problem is. But I will try to offer some help. Maybe if you unplug it for a 1/2 hour or so and plug it back in. Let it restart and then see if it still acts the same. If it does, then maybe you should reset the machine back to factory default and do the entire set up again? I think the reset option is under Settings>Standby/Restart. (not sure on that)

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I've read that the Pioneer unit only has S-video input for the video signal, although it has component output for the DVD player part. Is this true for the Toshiba units as well? It seems to be from the specs on the Toshiba archive site, but they are not detailed enough for me to know for sure. Thanks.

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After TIVO changed the phone connection number on my Toshiba RS-TX60 without telling me, the downloads stopped (obvioulsy) and now I can't get the downloads to load into TIVO. TVIO does connect and download on a land line but won't update the internal schedule. I get error message S05 - HELP? Tivo won't talk to me and Toshiba sends me to Tivo.

It's not spectacular, but it's not bad either ... depends on the quality of the source signal and the recording quality you use on the TX20 as well (I always use Best when recording from an external source). Recording from my miniDV camcorder over Firewire is better, as expected.

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I have owned a TX20 since they were first released. I used a Microsoft wireless adapter and it worked great until about six months ago when I began to receive the 'has not connected in a long time' message. So, I went to the network settings menu and Tivo told me my adapter was not supported. So, I chunked that adapter and just didn't let Tivo update.

Today I found a Linksys WUSB11 V2.6 wireless adapter and bought it. According to the Tivo site, it is supported (my service number starts with 565). When I connect it, the power light comes on the adapter but Tivo says there is no USB wireless adapter plugged in.

I have connected via phone to update everything and also restarted the TX20. It still doesn't recognize the adapter in either USB slot. If I remember right, my software version is 8.3.

Is the tx20 able to only burn to DVD-R? Is that a firmware limitation or something?

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Today I found a Linksys WUSB11 V2.6 wireless adapter and bought it. According to the Tivo site, it is supported (my service number starts with 565). When I connect it, the power light comes on the adapter but Tivo says there is no USB wireless adapter plugged in.

Well, I don't think you should use anything except the TiVo-branded WiFi adapter. FAR, FAR better performance, the only one that does WPA security (WEP is nearly worthless), and certain to be supported.

However, the WUSB11 v2.6 *should* work. First thing to check - make sure the cable is FIRMLY seated in both the TiVo and the adapter. Sometimes they seat enough for power to flow (light the LEDs) but not to work.

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Well, I don't think you should use anything except the TiVo-branded WiFi adapter. FAR, FAR better performance, the only one that does WPA security (WEP is nearly worthless), and certain to be supported.

However, the WUSB11 v2.6 *should* work. First thing to check - make sure the cable is FIRMLY seated in both the TiVo and the adapter. Sometimes they seat enough for power to flow (light the LEDs) but not to work.

Thanks for the reply, megazone. I have tried reseating the cable several times into both USB sockets and it still doesn't recognize that an adapter is plugged in. As for performance, I really only need enough bandwidth to update the software and channel listings. I don't use it to transfer movies, just keep my Tivo up to date.

When I was using my old Linksys WUSB11 on my S2 years ago, I remember that the cable that came with the adapter had the specific ends labeled: to adapter, and to PC (or in this case, the TiVo). I don't know why that would matter on a USB cable, but I do know once I had it backwards and the adapter wouldn't work.

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When I was using my old Linksys WUSB11 on my S2 years ago, I remember that the cable that came with the adapter had the specific ends labeled: to adapter, and to PC (or in this case, the TiVo). I don't know why that would matter on a USB cable, but I do know once I had it backwards and the adapter wouldn't work.

Windracer, you are a genius to remember that a cable was marked from two years ago! But, alas, the 50/50 chance I had to get it right happened. I got it right the first time so that wasn't the problem.

I had great anticipation when I read your post, but that wasn't the error.

Hi all. Just joined this site. Wonderful!!! So much to read and learn. I have a question I was not able to find an answer too, at least not the answer I wanted to read :-)

My Question: How can I Enable the "enable transfers" on this unit If I cannot access this option via the TiVO website?? Is there another way besides paying for servce and then having access via the website? The TiVO Desktop cannot find the DVR.

I purchased at Best Buy an open box unit RS-TX20 Series 2 a year or 2 ago. Software Ver: 8.3-01-2-565 Service level C: C is as I understand it means Lifetime Subscription.
The previous owner had a lifetime service plan on it but transferred it to his new unit. My unit has ALL of the capabilities of a Subscribed Plus system EXCEPT transferring of movies and photos music, The Amazon UnBox. This unit is set up to connect via Broadband and works nicely.

On the TiVo Central screen I see and can access the Music, Photos, Products & More. See and access the Yahoo stuff. Under Find Programs I have the option Download TV & More option. But the screen says that my unit is not set to transfer. I need to go to the support page and activate this function.

This unit does not show up when I log into TiVo website. It shows no active units. I have 2 others RS-TX60 units that are Basic TiVO. These are not listed, understandably so, since they do not have a Subscription on them.

If the unit truly isn't subscribed, then not being able to transfer is expected behavior... Assuming you have access to traditional plus features like season passes and wishlists, it sounds like your unit somehow slipped through the cracks when the original owner transferred the subscription, but that the original owner also had transfers disabled.

You could try calling TiVo customer support to see about getting the unit transferred to your account, but you run the risk of them noticing that you're not really supposed to have plus, and (correctly) disabling the features entirely. Of course, if the unit isn't subscribed, this could happen at any time anyway.

Thanks Drew for your response. Stupid, but lucky me, I did call customer support and they were the one's to tell me about the previous owner having lifetime on this unit but returning and transferring the service to his new unit. She told me that I did not have the Plus features. I agreed and thanked her for her help. I am just hoping that she does not turn these features off as they have been working for the past 1 1/2 - 2 years. All of the other features still work, Wish Lists, searching, Tivo Suggestions, adding minutes onto the beginning or ending of recordings, etc...It has been almost a week since I spoke with her...so maybe this unit of mine did Slip through the cracks and hopefully will not be downgraded, I hope :-)

Thanks again for your response.

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Hello all, I was looking to buy a Toshiba SD-H400 with a suspected bad hard drive and replace the drive myself. Does anyone have an image of that drive they could put down to DVD for me? I would of course pay for shipping on the disc.